Schemm
German, noun[ʃɛm]
Schemm is spelled S-C-H-E-M-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schemm is a German neuter noun meaning “cocaine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gefängnisgenosse”.
What does Schemm mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterslangcocaine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gefängnisgenosse 2. jemand, der zusammen mit jemand anderem eine Straftat begangen hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schemm
- Schemms genitive
- Shem alternative
- Schemm-Schemm alternative
- Shem-Shem alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schemm?
- [ʃɛm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schemm in German?
Schemm appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).